Byron Buxton or Matt Wallner

Baseball Stats Comparison

Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Byron Buxton or Matt Wallner Player Statistics
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	370	120

Runs	65	14

Hits	94	20

Singles	50	13

Doubles	18	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	25	4

RBI	46	10

Stolen Bases	7	0

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	30	10

Strikeouts	100	53

Batting Average	.254	.167

On Base Pct	.319	.259

Slugging Pct	.511	.292

On-base Plus Slugging	.829	.551

Byron Buxton or Matt Wallner Player Projections
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	469	401

Runs	79	58

Hits	119	92

Singles	62	46

Doubles	24	21

Triples	4	2

Home Runs	28	22

RBI	72	61

Stolen Bases	17	5

Caught Stealing	2	2

Walks	39	47

Strikeouts	141	141

Batting Average	.253	.230

On Base Pct	.311	.312

Slugging Pct	.503	.459

On-base Plus Slugging	.814	.771

Byron Buxton or Matt Wallner Player Notes
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN
News
	Byron Buxton left Tuesday’s game in the seventh inning. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	Matt Wallner was optioned to Triple-A St. Paul on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 14th
	Byron Buxton went 3-for-5 in a 9-6 win over the Athletics on Monday with a double, four runs scored, and a walk. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 25th	Matt Wallner avoided an injury after getting hit by a pitch and being removed from Thursday’s game against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
	Byron Buxton (hip) has been activated from the IL and will be in the Twins' starting lineup Thursday night. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 13th	Matt Wallner went 2-for-3 in Wednesday's 15-2 loss to the Nationals with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Thu, May 7th
	Byron Buxton took pre-game batting practice on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Matt Wallner is back in the lineup for Tuesday’s game against the Mets. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	Byron Buxton received an injection in his right hip earlier this week. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	Matt Wallner was scratched from the Twins’ starting lineup on Sunday due to a lingering rib injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
Notes
	Byron Buxton appeared in 126 games in 2025 — his highest total since logging 140 contests in 2017 — and delivered one of the best seasons of his career. He earned an All-Star selection, picked up MVP consideration and took home a Silver Slugger after posting career highs with 35 home runs, 83 RBI and 97 runs scored. Buxton also swiped 24 bases without being caught and ranked fourth in the American League with a .878 OPS. The underlying metrics back it up, too, as he produced a 53.8% hard-hit rate and a 17.6% barrel rate. Even in a relative best-case scenario, he still missed nearly a quarter of the season due to various injuries. Buxton will be 32 on Opening Day in 2026, and his track record suggests IL stints are more expectation than exception. While any player can get hurt, some carry more baked-in risk than others. If he comes close to repeating his 2025 output, he has league-winning upside — just be careful about drafting him as if that outcome is the baseline. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

Byron Buxton or Matt Wallner Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Byron Buxton CF,DH - MIN			Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#345	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#345
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#127	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#127
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#351
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#244
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#151	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#151
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#238	vs CWS	Jose Urquidy	#238
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF			@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs TEX